| Interview with USA Cycling's Kelli Lusk |
Issue #143 |
| Change is afoot on the national mountain bike racing scene, and racing has had a resurgence. USA Cycling's Kelli Lusk shares some insight from the inside. by Jay de Jesus |
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| Interview with Steve Flagg of Quality Bicycle Products |
Issue #137 |
| Meet the head of the distribution company whose mission is to make it easy for bike shops across the country to get you the bike items you need, from the commonplace to the obscure. by Ryan LaBar |
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| Manifesto Style: Interview With Ryan Leech |
Issue #136 |
| Ryan Leech has not only pushed the limits of trials riding, he has made a career for himself as perhaps the most badass motivational speaker ever through his school tour, Trials of Life. by Karen Brooks |
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| A Pinhole View of the World. The Bobby McMullen Interview. |
Issue #122 |
| Blind since 1991, Bobby McMullen is in a class of his own, and happens to be one of the most positive and enthusiastic riders on the race scene. by Michael Browne |
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| The Dirt Rag Interview: Myles Rockwell |
Issue #119 |
| The former World Downhill Champion talks about winning the Red Bull Road Rage, the difference between dirt and road, doping in bicycle racing, his retirement, and getting busted for growing pot. by Andrew Vontz |
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| The Dirt Rag Interview: Rob Roskopp |
Issue #116 |
| Once a popular professional skateboarder, Rob Roskopp now heads Santa Cruz bicycles. by Jeff Guerrero |
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| The John Dykstra Interview |
Issue #114 |
| I first met John on Spider-Man when I was producing the DVD for the film. I was struck by the fact that he rode his bike everywhere on the studio backlot. Usually VFX guys are super stressed and hard to approach... by Eric Matthies |
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| Builder Profile: Ted Wojcik |
Issue #114 |
| When I decided I'd had enough of less, I had another East Coast steel frame built with my own, idealized geometry, but I always missed my Ted. by Todd Downs |
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| The Floyd Landis Interview |
Issue #110 |
| Did you know that Floyd Landis rode mountain bikes before he found great success on the road? Yep. Michael O'Reilly interviews his old friend about the good ol' days. by Michael O'Reilly |
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| Builder Profile: Endless Bike Co. |
Issue #107 |
| The company is tucked into a small office space under a bike shop in Asheville, NC. Endless offers one frame, called the Lifetime. There are two owners and no employees. by Martin Edwards |
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| Builder Profile: Don McCLung |
Issue #106 |
| Never a follower, always a trendsetter, Don McClung is just too large a character to pigeonhole. by John Frachella |
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| Jeff Jones-Freethinker, Freerider, Freebuilder |
Issue #105 |
| Jeff Jones dubs each bike he produces "One," as no two machines are created the same. by Ben Delaney |
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| Patrick O'Grady Interview |
Issue #97 |
| "I don't know how anyone else comes to cycling journalism, but I got here strictly by accident. " by Chris Cosby |
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| Trialsin: Ryan Leech Interview |
Issue #96 |
| Jason Schwinabart talks about all kinds of fun stuff with Ryan Leech. by Jason Schwinabart |
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| Interview: Mike Watt |
Issue #95 |
| After recently reading an interview with Mike Watt in Punk Planet magazine, I was excited to see that he was also an avid cyclist. by Jeff Lockwood |
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| Nicole Hahn Interview |
Issue #92 |
| We talk with independent filmmaker Nicole Hahn. She's behind the feature-length film Hardihood - a look into the less commercial aspects of racers' lives. by Thanita Adams |
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| Interview: Subaru I.M.B.A. Trail Care Crew |
Issue #91 |
| We talk with Jen and Rich Edwards about being THE Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew. by Michael Browne & Brad Quartuccio |
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| Cyclocross with Pete Webber |
Issue #90 |
| Cyclocross is all the rage and Pete Webber certainly knows how to rage. by Michael Browne |
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| The Jeff Lenosky Interview |
Issue #87 |
| Jeff Loenosky, the world-renowned trials rider tells about how he got to where he is and what life on the road is like. by Jason Schwinabart |
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| The Primer 55 Interview |
Issue #85 |
| Offensive? Maybe. Set your prejudices aside and read about this punk band's philosophy on life. by Scott Nogrady |
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| Primer 55 Interview |
Issue #82 |
| We head onto the tour bus and it starts to pour down rain. What perfect timing after a perfect show. by Scott Nogrady |
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| Faces in the Crowd: Nick van Dyne |
Issue #80 |
| If you've ever been to Mountain Bike Weekend, perhaps you've followed him around Jim Thorpe, watching in awe his smooth style and finesse in the rocks. by Jay DeJesus |
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| Playboy X-treme Team Interview |
Issue #78 |
| Are these women just pretty faces or can they really ride? Karl heads out to interview the now infamous Playboy X-treme Team. by Karl Rosengarth |
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| Matt Chester Interview |
Issue #78 |
| Matt Chester is a person, not a corporation. He rides and resides in Leadville, Colorado, shacking up in his unheated shop. (I hope his sleeping bag is goose down.) Matt hopes to make a living building titanium bicycle frames by Karl Rosengarth |
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| Sue Haywood Interview |
Issue #76 |
| Sue Haywood is sponsored by Trek East Coast Factory Team, West Virginia Division of Tourism, Fitness Concepts Inc., White Grass Ski Touring Center and Platypus Hydration Systems. by Elaine Tierney |
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| Interview With the Witch |
Issue #75 |
| While the movie was made up, the Blair Witch is real -- and she's a mean mountain biker. by Sal Rubial |
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| Pistol Pete Interview |
Issue #73 |
| Pistol Pete, a So-Cal native, is a multiple time BMX champion and one of the world's leading downhillers by Frazer Britton |
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| Hurl Interview |
Issue #70 |
| Hurl Everstone, a Minneapolis resident, is the publisher and proprietor of Cars R Coffins--a zine dedicated to abolishing the proliferation of the automobile while promoting the bicycle. by Jeff Lockwood |
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| Uncle Ed Interview |
Issue #69 |
| We met Uncle Ed in a parking lot in Brian Head, Utah. In fact, what happened was, our kindhearted shuttle driver had seen the "Need Ride" sign strapped to the back of a pile of crap hanging off the back of a bicycle, and ha by Mark & Maurice |
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| Paul Turner Interview |
Issue #56 |
| I had invited Paul Turner to be the special guest at a Techno Happy Hour.
Happy Hours are a gathering of industry folk, with beer and enchiladas,
organized each month by BTI, a whole-sale distributor of high-end bicycle
pa by Jeff Della Penna |
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| Steve Bohemke Interview |
Issue #50 |
| Here he is. The big guy. I guess you could call him the big guy because of his stature, but at Dirt Rag we affectionately call him the big guy because of his status. To us, he is the man. The Shimano Man. by Maurice & Elaine Tierney |
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| Frank the Welder Interview |
Web Article |
| Mo, Elaine and Jeff originally interviewed Frank Wadelton, head welder at Spooky Cycles, back in September 1997 at the InterBike trade show in Anaslyme, California. by Maurice, Elaine and Jeff |
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| Pete Weir Interview |
Web Article |
| Fast Pete. That's what his friends call him. And you know, friends don't give you a nickname that doesn't fit (whether you like it or not). by Dirt Rag Staff |
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